Review: Holy Crab Brings the Classic Seafood Boil to Vancouver

...but the crustacean-forward menu gets lost in the mess.

April 25, 2017

The Holy Crab’s specialty is the classic dump-a-bucket-on-the-table-and-have-at-’er seafood boil, so making a mess is intended to be part of the fun. (This is made pretty clear when they bring out bibs for everybody to wear.) But a pungent, sloppy “spicy Cajun sauce” that covers 80 percent of the menu items takes the get-messy mantra too far…and, worse, overpowers the seafood (some imported, some Ocean Wise) itself. There are some bright spots on the crustacean-forward menu—it’s hard to go wrong with giant king crab legs, though they’re a splurge at market prices—and kids will love the serving style, but we likely won’t be scuttling back any time soon.

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Nosh and Nibble 12:29, 25. Apr. 2017.

Robin Lecky 15:26, 27. Apr. 2017.

Clearly your reviewer has not visited the fantastic, messy crab decks around Chesapeake Bay. Blue crab, shrimp, fries, corn on the cob dumped on the picnic table with lots of paper towels and a large garbage bucket right near by. And beer. That’s all … no wine. And it’s all wonderful!

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